There is a rule older than universities. Older than peer review. Older than academic publishing in any form. If your name is on it, you own it. Not the tool you used to write it. Not the process that produced it. Not the software that suggested the citations or drafted the paragraph or filled in…
The graduates were not wrong to boo. Eric Schmidt stood at a podium at the University of Arizona on Sunday and did what every technology executive does when they face a room full of people who are afraid of what is coming. He told them not to worry. He drew the parallel to the computer…
“The needs of the few — or the one — outweigh the demands of power.” A Human Responsibility Framework for AI © 2026 The Faust Baseline LLCAll rights reserved. Who This Is For This standard is for people who: If none of that describes you, this isn’t for you. “By” Michael Faust Sr. Click this link…
Everyone can spot a problem. Rising costs.Thinner margins.Shorter tempers.Louder headlines. That part is easy. Have you noticed how fast we diagnose now? We can name the issue in seconds. Inflation.Policy.Corporate greed.Global instability. Diagnosis is instant. But solution? That’s slower. And slower doesn’t trend. There’s a reason frustration spreads faster than correction. Complaints require energy.Solutions require…
It does feel like normal life has lost its through-line Days still happen. People still go to work, shop, talk, laugh. But the connective tissue that used to make those actions feel anchored—cause, purpose, expectation—feels thinner. It’s like the background assumptions that once held things steady aren’t there anymore. Conversations drift. Plans feel provisional. Commitments…
Civic duty is one of those phrases people think they understand until it’s actually required of them. It gets reduced to voting once every few years.Or obeying the law.Or posting the right opinions at the right moment. None of that is the thing itself. Civic duty is not obedience.It is not enthusiasm.It is not agreement….
The Faust Baseline™Purchasing Page – Intelligent People Assume Nothing micvicfaust@intelligent-people.org For most of our lives, “safety first” meant something personal. You learned it long before software updates and policy documents.Keep your hands clear of the blade.Look twice before you step.Don’t trust a machine just because it’s quiet. Safety wasn’t outsourced.It lived in judgment. Somewhere along…
Every house had one.Wooden boards worn smooth by decades of boots, shoes, bare feet.A place that wasn’t quite outside anymore, but not inside either. The front porch was not decoration.It was a transition space. You didn’t step onto a porch and immediately speak.You arrived first.You stood there long enough for the house to register you.For…
There’s something peculiar about the moment we’re living in, and it has nothing to do with technology itself. People are surrounded by output—constant output—but almost none of it asks anything of them. They can consume endlessly without being changed.They can agree without committing.They can react without deciding. That’s new. For most of human history, encounters…
Why That’s Not Where Change Comes From There’s a common misunderstanding about why large institutions—corporations, governments, regulatory bodies—are slow or resistant to adopting systems that enforce strict clarity, consistency, and accountability in language. The usual explanations drift toward motive: secrecy, corruption, bad faith.That framing is lazy, and it misses the real mechanism. The truth is…